Soil and Water Conservation Districts have worked with farmers for decades in every U.S. state to reduce soil erosion and ...

If you factor in the heat index, cities like Houston, Memphis and Cleveland are as hot or hotter than Phoenix this week.

The dust storm – sometimes called a “haboob” – was driven by strong winds that picked up loose soil from nearby farmland and sent it flying across northern Illinois, northern Indiana, and into Chicago ...

Experts say dry soil, strong winds and tilling practices are fueling Midwest dust storms as soil conservation funding in Illinois faces major cuts.

Three main factors contribute to the formation of Midwest dust storms: strong winds, dry soil in farm fields and large amounts of loose soil. That’s according to Andy Taylor, the Science and ...

Illinois’ soil conservation funding stagnates amid recent high-profile dust storms Experts say the funding has been ‘deprioritized,’ even in more robust budget years ...

A new report from the weather service says the dust storm last month, which prompted the Chicagoland area’s first-ever dust storm warning, impacted Lake County. The National Weather Service (NWS ...

The Halloween Horror Nights houses becoming year-round experiences at Universal Horror Unleashed will have expanded ...

Air quality in the Chicago area has remained poor for three days in a row, the NBC 5 Storm Team reported Wednesday morning.

The 'unhealthy for sensitive groups' air quality in Chicago comes as an air quality alert was issued for the entire state of ...

Two public television stations — one in the Quad Cities and another at Eastern Illinois University — are in danger of ...

Excessive heat is America's number one weather killer most years. This heat wave 30 years ago claimed hundreds of lives in ...